The need for estate planning for agricultural families has never been more evident than it is today. The average age of all farm producers in the United States has continually increased and reached 57.5 years old in 2017.[1]  While an aging prod...Read More

The Jacobsen Orr Law Firm of Kearney, which has provided comprehensive professional legal services to Greater Nebraska for over 40 years, is pleased to announce that Nicholas R. Norton has become a Shareholder of the firm. Nic Norton and his family...Read More

On May 16, 2017, the Nebraska Legislature passed L.B. 268, which substantially reshaped the law in Nebraska concerning Medicaid recovery claims.  The fundamental principle of Medicaid estate recovery remained the same in that the Nebraska Depart...Read More

On March 15, 2018, attorneys Justin R. Herrmann and Elizabeth J. Chrisp presented on estate planning topics at a retirement seminar for members of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems (“NPERS”).  Mr. Herrmann and Ms. Chri...Read More

If you are a financial planner or work in asset management, especially registered broker-dealers, then you are likely aware of big (and potentially scary) changes that occurred to your practice during the early summer of 2017.  In particular, th...Read More

An associate recently asked me a question relative to an agricultural input lien and a debtor’s ability to unilaterally seek the assistance of the Nebraska Secretary of State (SOS) to terminate the same.  I told him, poppycock, no such pro...Read More

What does the future hold for your agricultural land or your ability to get more of it?  Our practice at Jacobsen Orr, by virtue of our presence at the epicenter of some of the best agricultural land in the world, deals with farmland and ranch...Read More

As a new parent, I quickly learned that there are a multitude of things that parents worry about and estate planning is not at the top of the list.  Having a will that names a guardian for your minor children and establishes a testamentary trust...Read More

It’s not uncommon for people to drag their feet when it comes to getting their estate plan in place.  Similarly, when estate planning documents finally do get executed, many people put the documents in a safe place, check estate planning o...Read More

In Nebraska, and most likely in most other surrounding states, we have seen a considerable increase in the net worth of producers over the last several years.  Although various factors impact the net worth of producers, in my opinion, the variab...Read More